Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. About 60% of Iowa's power comes from wind. Farmers can earn extra cash by leasing small sections of farms for power production.

This story was originally published by The Conversation. Drive through the plains of Iowa or Kansas and you’ll see more than rows of corn, wheat and soybeans. You’ll also see towering wind turbines ...

The Sustainably Co-locating Agricultural and Photovoltaic Electricity Systems (SCAPES) project, led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ...